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Symphony locks out musicians amid labor dispute

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's upcoming season could be in jeopardy amid an ongoing labor conflict between the organization and its musicians.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/OLWYt3) that the symphony has now stopped paying its musicians and the Woodruff Arts Center has locked them out of the symphony facilities.

Representatives from both sides said this week that a dispute over $1.2 million in payments to musicians is what stands in the way of a new, two-year contract between the symphony and its 93 musicians.

The previous contract between the orchestra and the Atlanta Federation of Musicians expired Aug. 25.